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Field Activity Details for field activity A687SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-6-87-SC,87031

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): California Outer Continental Shelf Phase II Monitoring Program (MU029)

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione, Dave Drake

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recovery of USGS current meter moorings and GEOPROBE tripods which were deployed during the May 1987, USGS sediment dynamics cruise.

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Start Date: 1987-07-28

End Date: 1987-08-01

Equipment Used: boxcore, RhoRho, miniranger, instrumentmooring, Geoprobe, CTD, navigation

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joanne C. Ferreira, George Tate, Michael Torresan, Rick Viall

Affiliate Staff:
Cheryl Butman (WHOI) - Scientist
Charlotte Fuller (WHOI) - Scientist Assistance

Notes: This is an MMS cruise

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Dave Cacchione (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Dave Drake (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Engineering Technician
Rick Vale (USGS Western Region) - Electrical Technician
Mike Torresan (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Joanne Ferreira (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist
Bill Strahle (USGS Woods Hole) - Engineering Technician
Cheryl Butman (WHOI) - Scientist
Charlotte Fuller (WHOI) - Scientist Assistance

Location:

California

Boundaries
North: 34.9433 South: 34.9422 West: -120.851 East: -120.786

Platform(s):


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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
RhoRho --- Navigation
miniranger --- Navigation
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Geoprobe --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
navigation --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data a-6-87-sc.061 (Provisional best file)

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